Improvement in lint-room automatic fire-extinguishers



F. L. ELLIS.. LINT-ROOM AUTOMATIC `FIR.EEXTINGUISHER.

No.180,'565. Patented Aug.1,1876.

VIIIIlI'lIl//IA N4 PETERS. PNOTO'UTHOGRAFHER. WASMINGTQN. D. C..

UNITE' FIEIIDING L. ELLIS, QF GREENVILLE, ALABAMA.

IMPROVEMENT IN LINT-RCOM AUTCMATIC FIREEXTIlNlC-iUlSi-IERS.`

Speciiication forming part of Letters Patent N0. 180,565, dated Augustl, 1376; application filed March 8, 1876.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that I, FIELDING LoUrs ELLIS,ot' Greenville, in the county of Butler and State of Alabama, haveinvent-ed a new and Improved Portable Lint-Room; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying draw- -ing, forming a .part ofthis specification, in

which the ligure is a vertical longitudinal section of the car upon theinclined track, in position beside the gin-house.

The object of my invention is to provide a portable fire-prooflint-room, in the form of a car, for conveying the lint from thegin-house to the cotton-press; and it consists in the construct-ion andarrangement of the car, which the form of a throat, a, and receives itslint through the opening b at the bend, thelower,

end ot' the box being left open and projecting through the floor, so asto form a flue, down which pass all impurities in the shape of metes,which are of' greater weight than the lint. C is the portable lint-roomorcar, which is made of any suitable material and dimensions, and isconstructed of a little greater area' at the top than at the bottom.

To contain lint to the amount of four bales of tive hundred pounds each,the dimensions should be twelve by ten feet upon the inside at thebottom, ten feet high, and ten by thirteen feet upon the inside at thetop. This room is mounted upon Wheels, 'Which,.for the sake ofcheapness, may be made of wood. These Wheels are constructed withflanges, after the manner of car-Wheels, and are arranged to run upon awooden tramway or track, D, which track is inclined away from thegin-house to the cotton-press, with a fall of about one-half inch to thefoot, so that when the car is loaded it passes of its own weight downthe inclined track to the press to be unloaded.

which the lint is discharged at the cottonress. p By means of thisarrangement, it will be seen that the extra handling and packing thecotton in baskets is dispensed with, and the lint kept cleaner fromimpurities, so that it samples better.

The arrangement of the car upon the inclined track also enables me toeconomize time and labor to a very considerable extent, as with thisarrangement two boys are enabled to accomplish the work ordinarilyperformed by two men and a boy in packing the lint into baskets,transporting it to the press, and unpacking the same. The movablecharacter of' the lint-room also involves other important advantages, inthatit permits, in case of Iire, of the detachability of the car, whichwill start down grade from the slightest start, and thus diminish thepercentage of possible losses from this source.

In order to provide additional means of security against re, I constructupon the roof of the car a water-tank, G, in the bottom of which islocated a valve, H, which opens or closes communication between the tankand the interior of the car or lint-room. In the top of the car also,beneath the water-tank, and extending nearly across the whole area, is aperforated ceiling, I, of wood or sheet metal, upon Which the water isdischarged from the tank. Now, Whenever a lire occurs,

the hinged valve H is opened by a pull upon a rope, and the water,descending through the perforations in the ceiling, ills the rooin withan extinguishing shower. Upon the roof of the car also is arranged aventilator or airvent, J, which is provided with a hinged leaf, K, and arain-shed, Il, the hinged leaf being connected by a rope with the ropeoperating the valve in the water tank. Whenever, therefore, thewater-tank valve is opened, the

Water with a valve and spray-pipes, in which in the event of fire, and Itherefore limit this device the valve is opened by the fall of a Weightei'ected by the discharge of gunpowder portion of my invention to thecombination of the tank and valve with'th'e Ventilating apparatus, soarranged as to let on the Water and close the ventilator simultaneouslyand by the same movement.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- Thecombination, with the lint-room, of the perforated ceiling I, watertankG, valve H, air-vent f, am". hinged leaf K,'connected with valve H, andoperated simultaneously therewith, for the purpose set forth.

FIELDING LOUISA ELLIS.

Witnesses: Y Y

DUNKLIN B. TAYLOR, JAMES L. DUNKLIN.

